Kristen Stewart As Bella Swan

[Chanterelle Cullen]

Biography

Date of Birth: 9 April 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Name: Kristen Jaymes Stewart
Nickname: Kris, KStew
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Trivia:
Has an older brother named Cameron. They both live with their parents in the Los Angeles area.
Her father is John Stewart, a TV Producer who works at FOX TV. Currently co-producing "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" (2004).
Shares her birthday, April 9, with actors Frank Miranda, and Dennis Quaid who played her father in Cold Creek Manor (2003).
Born in Los Angeles, California and then spent some of her early years in Colorado and has moved back to Los Angeles where she currently resides with her parents.
Replaced Hayden Panettiere in Panic Room (2002).
Supporter and member of the Red Cross National Celebrity Cabinet.
Was ranked #17 on Entertainment Weekly's '30 Under 30' the actress list. (2008).
Had to wear brown contact lenses for Twilight (2008/I) because she has naturally green eyes while Bella's eyes are supposed to be brown.
Although born in Los Angeles, she was raised during some of her early years in Colorado. She moved back to LA in 2006, where she resides with her parents.
Nominated 3 consecutive years (2003-2005) for the Young Artist Award, but never won.
Her mother is a Script Supervisor, who hails from Australia.
Named The Movie Fanatic's Hottest Young Actress. (2008).
Wants to go to college to major in literature.
Has 3 dogs: Oz, a border collie mix, Jack and Lily who are mutts.
Was ranked #9 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).
During the filming of the "Prom scene" of Twilight (2008/I), she told director Catherine Hardwicke that she didn't like the music so she suggested the song "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" and it replaced the original songs and was put onto the soundtrack.
Her mother is Australian.
Reads novels by Charles Bukowski and Kurt Vonnegut.
Owns a cat named 'Jella'.
Favorite book is 'East of Eden' by John Steinbeck.
Is best friends with Twilight co-star Nikki Reed.
She also likes the book The Stranger by Camus.

Personal Quotes
- On working on the film Panic Room (2002) with such a big name star as Jodie Foster: "When I got "Panic Room", I'm like, 'Oh my God that's huge! It's bigger than huge'. I was kind of freaked out at first".
- (about her love for acting) I love it because I love to tell stories. I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work.
- I don't want to make movies for kids, and I don't want to make movies for adults either.
- Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's not. It's for the consumption of other people. But in terms of creative outlets and expressing yourself, it's just the most extreme version of that that I've ever found. It's like running, it's exertion. When you reach that point where you can't go anymore and you stop and you take a breath, it's that same sort of clearing of the mind.

Salary
Twilight (2008/I) $2,000,000

Where Are They Now
(October 2002) Colorado filming Cold Creek Manor (2003).
(February 2008) Just got cast for Twilight (2008/I), and getting ready to start filming.
(March 2008) Filming Twilight (2008/I).
(May 2008) Finished filming for Twilight (2008/I) on Friday, May 2nd 2008. "Twilight" is due to hit theaters November 21, 2008.

Filmography
Jump to filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack, Self
Actress:

* In Production
* 2000s

1. New Moon (2009) (pre-production) .... Bella Swan
... aka Twilight 2 (USA: informal English title)
2. The Runaways (2009) (pre-production) .... Joan Jett
3. K-11 (2009) (filming) .... Butterfly
4. Welcome to the Rileys (2009) (post-production) .... Mallory

5. Adventureland (2009) .... Em
6. Twilight (2008/I) .... Bella Swan
7. Jumper (2008) .... Sophie
8. What Just Happened (2008) .... Zoe
9. The Yellow Handkerchief (2008) .... Martine
10. Cutlass (2007) .... Young Robin
11. Into the Wild (2007) .... Tracy Tatro
12. The Cake Eaters (2007) .... Georgia
13. The Messengers (2007) .... Jess
... aka Messagers, Les (Canada: French title)
14. In the Land of Women (2007) .... Lucy Hardwicke
15. Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005) .... Lisa
... aka Zathura (International: English title: short title) (USA: promotional title)
16. Fierce People (2005) .... Maya
17. Undertow (2004) .... Lila
18. Catch That Kid (2004) .... Maddy
... aka Mission Without Permission (Europe: English title) (USA: working title)
... aka Mission: Possible - Diese Kids sind nicht zu fassen! (Germany: TV title)
19. Speak (2004) (TV) .... Melinda Sordino
20. Cold Creek Manor (2003) .... Kristen Tilson
... aka Maison au fond de la baie, La (Canada: French title)
21. Panic Room (2002) .... Sarah Altman
22. The Safety of Objects (2001) .... Sam Jennings

Soundtrack:

1. Into the Wild (2007) (writer: "Tracy's Song") (performer: "Angel from Montgomery", "Tracy's Song")

Self:

1. "Entertainment Tonight" .... Herself (5 episodes, 2008-2009)
... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 2 January 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 18 November 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 3 September 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 29 July 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 9 April 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
2. "Grand journal de Canal+, Le" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 8 December 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
3. "Cartelera" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 6 December 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
4. "Xposé" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #3.63 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
5. "Breakfast" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 4 December 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
6. "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
... aka Live with Regis (USA: new title)
... aka Live with Regis & Kelly (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 26 November 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
7. "Today" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
... aka NBC News Today (USA: promotional title)
... aka The Today Show (USA)
- Episode dated 20 November 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
8. "Late Show with David Letterman" .... Herself - Guest (1 episode, 2008)
... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
... aka Letterman (Australia)
... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
- Episode #16.47 (2008) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
9. "The Sarah Silverman Program." .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- I Thought My Dad Was Dead, But It Turns Out He's Not (2008) TV episode .... Herself
10. "Días de cine" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 31 October 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
11. MTV Video Music Awards 2008 (2008) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
12. Into the Wild: The Story, the Characters (2008) (V) .... Herself
13. "HypaSpace" .... Herself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka HypaSpace Daily (Canada: English title: long title)
... aka HypaSpace Weekly (Canada: English title: long title)
- Episode #6.23 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
14. Exhuming 'The Messengers' (2007) (V) .... Herself
15. Shooting 'Panic Room' (2004) (V) .... Herself
16. "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 10 February 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Herself
17. The Making of 'Panic Room' (2002) (TV) .... Herself

from: More at IMDbPro (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829576/bio)

[Chanterelle Cullen]

Here is another biography from the Celebrity Profile Examiner of Kristen
by Andy Williamson
source here
Kristen Jaymes Stewart was born on April 9th, 1990 -- she is an American film actress best known for her role as Bella Swan in the film version of Stephenie Meyer’s “Why must I be a teenager in love ... with a vampire?” series Twilight.

Kristen was born in Los Angeles, where she still lives with her family. Her father, John Stewart (no, not that one) is a television producer who at one time worked for Fox. Kristen’s mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, is a screenwriter who hails from Sydney, Australia.

Having caught the acting bug quite early (age 8), Kristen was noticed by an agent while performing in an elementary school Christmas play. Her first paid role was as an extra on the Disney Channel’s The Thirteenth Year. She next appeared in the low-budget film The Safety of Objects, as the tomboyish daughter of a troubled single mother played by Patricia Clarkson. Her first big break came in 2002, when director David Fincher cast her as the Jodie Foster’s diabetic daughter in his taut and very effective thriller, Panic Room.

Another thriller, Cold Creek Manor, followed, where she played the daughter (lots of daughters here, but what else is a teen actress to do?) of Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone -- the film was a failure. Catch That Kid and Undertow, under-performers both, came next. However in 2004, Kristen received the notices of her so-far, so-short career. In the tele-film Speak, based on Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel, 13-year-old Stewart played Melinda Sordino, who after a brutal rape, stops speaking. Kristen received glowing reviews for her portrayal of the silent character, whose mute exterior was matched by a blackly-comedic internal monologue.

Up next was director Jon Favreau’s fantasy-adventure film Zathura -- Kristen played Lisa, the older sister of two boys, who, while playing a board game, turn their house into a spacecraft hurtling through the galaxy. The film received good reviews, but Kristen’s performance was small and she was largely overlooked. Three more lackluster films came next, Fierce People, The Messengers, and In The Land of Women, costarring Meg Ryan and Adam Brody.

Then, in 2007, Sean Penn cast her as Tracy in his adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild. Both the film and Kristen’s performance received great notices. After small roles in two more films, Jumper and What Just Happened, Kristen hit upon the role which would bring her worldwide fame.

When Summit Entertainment picked up the rights to Stephenie Meyer’s vampire romance series Twilight (after other major studios had passed), they didn’t really know what they had on their hands. Director Catherine Hardwicke cast Kristen as 17-year-old Bella Swan, who, after moving in with her father in the Pacific northwest, meets broodingly handsome Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) at school. Much swooning ensues -- even after Bella discovers that Edward is actually a vampire. The low-budget movie ($37 million) has grossed over $300 million worldwide (so far). The sequel, New Moon, is being fast-tracked in order to meet a November 2009 release date. Likewise, the third book in the series, Eclipse, is scheduled to hit theaters in June 2010.

Up next (besides New Moon) are, Adventureland, K-11 (directed by Kristen’s mother), costarring Nikki Reed and Jason Mewes, and The Runaways, where Kristen will play 80’s rock goddess Joan Jett.

One of the most talented and lovely of the young-and-upcoming actresses, I predict Kristen Stewart will be a major star in the years to come.